caa a22 4500 378891979 CHVBK 20180305123457.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20040315xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/HF.2004.031 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/HF.2004.031 Wood/plastic ratio: Effect on performance of borate biocides against a brown rot fungus [Elektronische Daten] [J. Simonsen, C. M. Freitag, A. Silva, J. J. Morrell] The effect of wood/plastic ratio and the presence of a boron compound on resistance to biodegradation of wood plastic composites (WPC's) by the brown rot fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum was investigated in a soil block exposure. Weight losses of all WPC's were generally lower than those of solid wood, even when only the wood component of the WPC was used in calculating weight loss. Higher wood content was associated with greater weight losses, suggesting that the plastic encapsulated wood at lower wood levels. Borates markedly reduced weight losses at all wood/plastic ratios. Weight losses tended to be slightly lower with a Na/Ca borate than with similar levels of zinc borate. Mechanical properties did not correlate well with weight losses under the conditions evaluated, but these effects may have been masked by moisture sorption. The causes and implications of these differences are discussed. Copyright © 2004 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Timber & wood processing nationallicence Biotechnology nationallicence Materials science nationallicence Simonsen J. aut Freitag C. M. aut Silva A. aut Morrell J. J. aut Holzforschung Walter de Gruyter 58/2(2004-03-15), 205-208 0018-3830 58:2<205 2004 58 hfsg https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2004.031 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/HF.2004.031 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Simonsen J. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Freitag C. M. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Silva A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Morrell J. J. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Holzforschung Walter de Gruyter 58/2(2004-03-15), 205-208 0018-3830 58:2<205 2004 58 hfsg CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter